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sonach (genitive singular masculine sonaigh, genitive singular feminine sonaí, plural sonacha, comparative sonaí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | sonach | shonach | sonacha; shonacha² | |
Vocative | shonaigh | sonacha | ||
Genitive | sonaí | sonacha | sonach | |
Dative | sonach; shonach¹ |
shonach; shonaigh (archaic) |
sonacha; shonacha² | |
Comparative | níos sonaí | |||
Superlative | is sonaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sonach | shonach after an, tsonach |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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